{"id":65445,"date":"2024-01-23T19:17:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T19:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=65445"},"modified":"2024-01-23T16:02:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T16:02:51","slug":"govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month","title":{"rendered":"Govt to start exploration for oil, gas in Teso next month"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development plans to commence oil exploration works in Teso Sub-region next month.<\/b><\/p>\n

The ministry made the revelation during a consultation meeting with district leaders from Soroti and Kalaki last Friday.<\/p>\n

Mr Joshua Lukaye, the principal geochemist in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development attached to the Department of Petroleum, Exploration, Development, and Production, last Friday said the mineral exploration exercise will continue as planned in consultation with different stakeholders including land owners.<\/p>\n

He said the exploration will be held in the districts of Soroti, Kaberamaido, Kalaki, Serere, and Katakwi in the Kyoga basin.<\/p>\n

\u201cUganda as a country discovered oil on some sides of western Uganda, which is zoned as the Albertine region in Lake Albert. This oil is due to be produced nearly by next year but the key to mention, is when oil is produced it does not get replaced and to ensure sustainable production for a long time,\u201d Mr Lukaye explained.<\/p>\n

He said the government has put a strategy to search and look for more oil to identify other three basins with the potential to have petroleum.<\/p>\n

In Soroti, the government expects to conduct a search for oil in the sub-counties of Ochokican, Kamuda, Lale, Katine, and in Kalaki, they will explore Bululu.<\/p>\n

The vice chairperson of Kalaki, Mr Pascal Engwau, said the government needs to conduct thorough engagement meetings with the local communities to enlighten them since the programme involves engaging land owners.<\/p>\n

Ms Joan Alobo, the Woman MP for Soroti City, said the consultative meetings should be broadened to involve the local people whose land will be affected.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment aeroplanes have been flying; they did not inform us of their outcomes and today, they have come and they want to deplete our resources without our consent, we shall not allow it,\u201d Ms Alobo said.<\/p>\n

She said area leaders want to avert unresolved issues such as compensation as witnessed in the Albertine region.<\/p>\n

Soroti City West Member of Parliament Jonathan Ebwalu said: \u201cWe [lawmakers] are ready to pay any price and our blood will not flow in vain, if they want to kill, let them kill, if they want to take us to prison, let them do it but we shall not allow anybody to defy our land,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development plans to commence oil exploration works in Teso Sub-region next month. The ministry made the revelation during a consultation meeting with district leaders from Soroti and Kalaki last Friday. Mr Joshua Lukaye, the principal geochemist in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development attached to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":65444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12,258],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-65445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"\nGovt to start exploration for oil, gas in Teso next month - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development plans to commence oil exploration works in Teso Sub-region next month. ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govt to start exploration for oil, gas in Teso next month\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development plans to commence oil exploration works in Teso Sub-region next month. ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-23T19:17:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706012544.227232.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Govt to start exploration for oil, gas in Teso next month\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-23T19:17:59+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month\"},\"wordCount\":403,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706012544.227232.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month\",\"name\":\"Govt to start exploration for oil, gas in Teso next month - Uganda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706012544.227232.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-23T19:17:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development plans to commence oil exploration works in Teso Sub-region next month. ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706012544.227232.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706012544.227232.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Govt to start exploration for oil, gas in Teso next month\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Govt to start exploration for oil, gas in Teso next month\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\",\"name\":\"Uganda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Govt to start exploration for oil, gas in Teso next month - Uganda","description":"The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development plans to commence oil exploration works in Teso Sub-region next month. ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Govt to start exploration for oil, gas in Teso next month","og_description":"The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development plans to commence oil exploration works in Teso Sub-region next month. ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month","og_site_name":"Uganda","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-01-23T19:17:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706012544.227232.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Govt to start exploration for oil, gas in Teso next month","datePublished":"2024-01-23T19:17:59+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month"},"wordCount":403,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706012544.227232.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Uganda","uganda"],"articleSection":["all news","policy","to-homepage"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month","name":"Govt to start exploration for oil, gas in Teso next month - Uganda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706012544.227232.jpg","datePublished":"2024-01-23T19:17:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development plans to commence oil exploration works in Teso Sub-region next month. ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706012544.227232.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706012544.227232.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Govt to start exploration for oil, gas in Teso next month"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/govt-to-start-exploration-for-oil-gas-in-teso-next-month#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Govt to start exploration for oil, gas in Teso next month"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/","name":"Uganda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}